"Effective Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Exists..."
Since that time an initiative by James Wright, M.D. (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) former director of Air Force Hyperbaric Medicine Research and its Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship, made available the HBOT 1.5 protocol treatment for 12 active duty brain injured service members. The HBOT 1.5 protocol has been delivered by Eddie Zant, M.D., to these individuals, and they became "essentially well." These results have duplicated the LSU results with one important difference: all of the active duty personnel have returned to duty with their medical boards – if any - cancelled. Most were redeployable. Many have received promotions since their returns to duty.
Two of these Airman cases were recently reported in the medical literature by Drs. Wright and Zant.5 Drs. Wright and Zant’s results made an important contribution to HBOT research: they were able to provide the treatment of these Airmen before the brain injuries were 5
Wright JK, Zant E, Groom K, Schlegel RE, Gilliland K. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2009 Nov-Dec;36(6):391-9.
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Testimony: Paul G. Harch, M.D., IHMA